[blam]

When will we begin hearing about another BIGGER stimulus package?

We seem to be sliding further into a deflationary depression, delayed slightly by the previous stimulus efforts.(?)

[laplata]

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[Slump Tester]

This seems like a good place to insert this oldie but goodie.

[353FMG]

“....Ben Bernanke must be terrified.”

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Now why should Bernanke be terrified?

He is a wealthy man without a financial worry in sight and no one will ever accuse him of mismanaging the economy. And if someone did, he would just give him the finger. Our politicians are never held responsible for their actions.

If the SHTF nothing of it will splatter on him. I’ll take his place any day and I will continue to coolly drink my scotch and never be terrified.

[Tench_Coxe]

If we are headed for deflation, they’re definitely coming after the 401k and IRA plans.

[central_va]

My theory is the money is coming out of commodities and into real estate, which looks like it is bubbling again.

[taildragger]

The Fed and other Central banks of the world have done their darnedest to inflate away the debts of the developed world. These folks wanted more than anything to create inflation… because it meant it was easier to service their debt loads provided interest rates stayed low.

Deflation never left...

Dougie Kass is right we have "Screwflation".... All our large captial assets have gone down and maybe stabilized, while cereal boxes get smaller to hide the inflation of a week dollar as they sell them at the same price.

Go out and if you got cash and want to buy a boat, collector car, airplane, you can get them for a song, they have deflated and people need the cash..

The question begs, when does Bernake slight of hand to try to make us feel like inflation fails entirely and we snap to Hyper-Inflation with his worthless dollars flooding the system..

[Toddsterpatriot]

These are all signs of rising deflation. If deflation IS back then Bernanke’s efforts to create inflation will have failed. IF this is the case, the Fed is literally out of bullets.

Out of bullets? The Fed can create trillions with a handful of electrons. Out of bullets.....LOL!

[grumpygresh]

What if the Feds attack the market in the same way that they attacked gold? The US could start things off by liquidating positions in certain banks. Then when the rout accelerates, they could clean up by shorting across the board. This would redistribute wealth from the private sector to the government sector.
When the dust settles, and martial is declared, the Feds would have lots of gold, a strong dollar, and the ability to buy up what’s left.

[RatRipper]

Try a little social policy with some sanity and reversing business smothering regulation that Obama has dumped on our backs and we will start recovering and create that inflation in short order. Printing money is not necessarily a magic potion after you have raised the risk of capital investment several multiples with poor tax policy, Obamacare and overbearing regulation. The Commie demoncRats are economic morons.